As COVID-19 challenges continue, CAP highly recommends the following resources to assist with safely welcoming patients back to your medical practice.

Important Notice: Physicians should note that there is no special release, consent, or acknowledgement waiver for patients to sign that patients do not hold offices liable if patient become positive with COVID-19.

CAP is committed to keeping members apprised of federal and state funding opportunities for practices facing financial hardship as a result of the pandemic.

Webinar

Financial Relief for Medical Practices through the CARES Act (H.R. 748)

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Funding Opportunities

The $222 billion state budget for fiscal year 2020-2021 submitted by Gov. Gavin Newsom in January shows a continuing priority on the expansion and accessibility of healthcare. Overall, the 2020 budget proposal mirrors themes and items from the 2019 budget, with signs of the Governor expanding previous priorities.

Governor Gavin Newsom’s very public budget focus on healthcare will gain statutory support in 2020 following a slate of healthcare funding bills passed by the Legislature. This article highlights many of the laws effective January 1, 2020, that will affect physicians, from the business operations of their medical office to actual patient care.

For many physicians, a venture into cosmetic services is a huge leap from their normal practice and they are finding themselves in unfamiliar territory and with many questions. One question we get frequently at CAP is related to scope of practice in a med spa. In other words, who can do what?